13-year-old's bike damaged after being hit by car

I CAN BARELY HEAR YOU, PING. WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN IN THE SPORTS MINUTE. SEE YOU. A SPECIAL GIFT TONIGHT FOR A BOY HIT AND DRAGGED BY A CAR. POLICE SAY HE WAS DOING EVERYTHING RIGHT WHILE CROSSING THE STREET ON HIS WAY TO SCHOOL. HE SURVIVED BUT HIS BIKE WAS CRUSHED. HERE'S MORE. THIS IS WHERE THE 13-YEAR-OLD WAS RIDING HIS BIKE. HE WAS TRYING TO CROSS THIS BUSY INTERSECTION ON HIS WAY TO SCHOOL. THE IMPACT CRUSHED HIS BIKE AND DRAGGED HIM NEARLY 10 FEET. MIRACULOUSLY, HE ONLY SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. TONIGHT HE HAS A BRAND-NEW BIKE THANKS TO PALM BAY FIREFIGHTERS. THE 13-YEAR-OLD WAS ALL SMILES LAST NIGHT AS FIREFIGHTERS FROM PALM BAY FIRE AND RESCUE TOOK HIM AND HIS MOTHER SHOPPING AT WAL-MART. BUT JUST NINE DAYS AGO, IT WAS A DIFFERENT STORY. THE TEEN WAS ON HIS WAY TO SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY A CAR, TRAPPING HIM UNDERNEATH AND DRAGGING HIM NEARLY 10 FEET WHILE TRYING TO CROSS EMERSON DRIVE IN PALM BAY. THE IMPACT LEFT HIM WITH MINOR INJURIES TO HIS LEG AND ALSO CRUSHED HIS BMX BIKE. BUT LAST NIGHT, THE SAME FIREFIGHTERS THAT HELP RESCUE HIM FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE GAVE THE MIDDLE SCHOOL ERA BRAND-NEW MOUNTAIN BIKE AND HELMET. I LIKE IT. AN ACT OF KINDNESS THAT HIS MOTHER WAS OVERWHELMED TO SEE. THESE GUYS SHOWED HIM THAT BESIDES WHAT THEY DO, THEY STILL HAVE COMPASSION FOR THEIR PEOPLE. WHICH IS -- THAT'S WHAT'S TOUCHING ME THE MOST. NOW, AGAIN, THANKFULLY THE CHILD ONLY SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES FROM THIS ACCIDENT. FIRE OFFICIALS SAY HE WAS DOING EVERYTHING RIGHT CROSSING THE

PALM BAY, Fla. -

Palm Bay firefighters who rescued a 13-year-old biker struck by a car last week gave him a special gift on Thursday evening.

Palm Bay Fire Rescue said the firefighters who rescued Semaj Lynch gave him a new bike and helmet Thursday night at the Walmart on Malabar Road.

“I’m just overwhelmed for him and happy that these guys showed him that besides what they do they still have compassion for the people, that’s what’s touching me the most,” said Deborah Lynch, the boy’s mother. “I’m happy for him, he’s OK.”

On Feb. 12 at 8:30 a.m. Semaj was riding his BMX bike to Southwest Middle School when he stopped before crossing Emerson Road. Fire Rescue said Semaj thought the driver was waiting for him to cross and as he rode across the intersection he was hit.

The car crushed the bicycle and dragged Semaj approximately 7-8 feet leaving him trapped underneath the vehicle. Semaj suffered minor injuries to his right leg.

“He did everything right, unfortunately, he was just at the wrong place at the wrong time,” said Battalion Chief Gene Harrell in a release. “We just wanted to help him get back on his feet and get to riding again safely.”

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